Leo Tolstoy Quotes

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.

Leo Tolstoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910

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I think I was scared of the drag thing, as a lot of gay boys are. It's sort of knocked out of you in junior high. I wouldn't find guys who were very feminine attractive. Then, doing 'Hedwig,' I got to be man and woman, really butch and really femme at the same time, and I realized, this is kind of the ideal.

John Cameron Mitchell

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We're giving our customer access to things she wouldn't have otherwise purchased, either because it wasn't smart to buy it, or she couldn't afford it.

Jennifer Hyman

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My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

Angie Stone

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We definitely stand behind Theranos in the sense of, we are an investor, and we want them to succeed.

Steve Jurvetson

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I'm really proud of 'Broken Skull Challenge.'

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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I often joke that I could write 'War and Peace' and make it sound like Geri Halliwell wrote it.

Michael Robotham

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The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I'm completely used to it, and I've come to see it as a term of endearment.

Jayma Mays

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For a movie - any movie - to work, all the bread has to fall jelly side up; everything has to go right. You have to hit the zeitgeist.

Jon Favreau

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I would love to go on 'The Biggest Loser,' where it's a concentrated thing.

Chrissy Metz

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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

Clive Owen

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It's important to seize any opportunity one has to speak to their elected representatives, no matter the situation.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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